We have to remember too that this is the Daily Mail and they do not have a very good track record for writing intelligently.

Wherever Harry goes, I believe it is protocol that the Queen is informed along with the government and the destination is well checked out for security reasons. Harry just can't pack up and fly somewhere on a whim. My guess is that the government helicopter was made available for the skiing party as a security measure. No politics or issues involved.

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Prince Harry has taken his girlfriend Cressida Bonas on a skiing trip to Kazakhstan, where they were given the use of a government helicopter to ferry them to the slopes.

The couple stayed at a chalet in the resort of Shymbulak, which is part-owned by a businessman called Serzhan Zhumashov, a close acquaintance of the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The trip was privately funded, and there is no suggestion that the Prince was there as a guest of the Kazakh government or of Mr Zhumashov, but having such a high-profile visitor is a major coup for the resort, which is part of Kazakhstan's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Prince and Miss Bonas, who went to Kazakhstan with friends for a long weekend in the middle of March, are understood to have been invited as a guest of one of their party.

A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Prince Harry was a on a private skiing trip. It was exactly that, no more, no less."

Glitzy nightclubs, no queues and a presidential seal of approval. It's no wonder Prince Harry chose Kazakhstan for his latest skiing holiday

While Shymbulak is a magnet for wealthy Kazakhs and expats living in the region, it also attracts young, middle-class Kazakhs out for a good time (there is a ski school, snow park, jumps, a slalom course, and three nights a week night skiing) and climbers heading for the magnificent peaks of the Tien Shan. In 2012, the newly revamped resort, which is open from December through to April, attracted 350,000 visitors, and the number of skiiers has grown by 20 per cent each year. Kazakhstan, as you can imagine, is thrilled to add Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas to that number.

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